He is famous for playing a major role in getting India the gold medal in the 1980 Olympic games after a gap of 16 years.

[1] In previous games, Surinder Singh Sodhi scored 5 goals against Tanzania and 4 against Cuba.

It surpassed the earlier record of 14 goals set by the great Udham Singh in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.

[4] In 2022, he ran for the Jalandhar Cantonment Assembly constituency seat as the Aam Aadmi Party's candidate, losing to Pargat Singh.

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